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Scott Rolen elected into the Hall of Fame

Bulldawg90

I've always thought that Dale Murphy was a few good seasons shy of a HOF induction. He was the best in the league for 4-5 years. 2 MVPs, 5 Gold Gloves, 4 Silver Sluggers.

He played at least 150 games in 11 seasons. Played in all 162 games four consecutive seasons from 1982-1985.

Scott Rolen was a great player. Great glove especially. He went from 10 percent of the vote to 76 percent in 6 years of eligibility.

But... if Scott Rolen can make the HOF, Dale Murphy and Don Mattingly should be voted in effective retroactively.

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Kasey

If I have to google your stats, you aren’t a hall of famer.

I won’t be bouncing my grandkids on my knee telling them I saw Scott Rolen play baseball.

swilkerson7317

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/672689#Comment_672689

Bingo. I saw that this morning and thought.....how the he77 is he in and Andruw Jones isn't?

Their offensive numbers are comparable (Jones has 100 more homers or so) but Jones is considered one of the top defenders in Baseball history. Ask Mad Dog, Smoltz or Glavine what was one secret to their success. They would all say Jones running everything down in CF sure helped.

Bum

Is Dale still on the ballot?

swilkerson7317

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/30797/scott-rolen-elected-into-the-hall-of-fame

Murphy should absolutely be in the HOF. Got to meet him once at a signing and I told him that the fact he wasn't in was a shame. He just smiled and took it in stride. Even signed an extra Baseball for me (over the limit) that I told him was for a kid who couldn't make it. Im sure he had heard that before but he signed it anyway and I wasn't lying. You think guys like Murphy will be nice in person and its cool when they turn out to be just like you thought they would.

Me and my Dad used to go to Fulton County years ago just to see him play. He was the only reason to watch the Braves back then. I swear every time we went he had a big game. Including two in a row where he hit more than one HR in the game. Man those were the days. We didn't have to worry about tickets. Just show up before the game and you could get any seat you wanted. The place was a dump but it was Major League Baseball!

swilkerson7317

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/672692#Comment_672692

No but he can still get in. I don't know the exact rules but there is another committee who will take deserving players who didn't get in on the media vote and vote them in.

Someone here knows the process better than me but it's a thing. I think eventually he gets in that way.

Bulldawg90

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/672689#Comment_672689

I've been impressed over the years that MLB writers have held such high statistical standards , usually over about a decade of such big time seasons. The steroid era blew that formula up.

With today's game emphasizing homers over hits (and low batting averages brushed off along with strikeouts) and specialization in pitching staffs that make five innings a "quality start", those standards will rarely be achieved again.

TurkDawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/672693#Comment_672693

I have great memories of going to Braves games in the 70s as part of the “Straight A student” promotion. My brother and I would work hard to get straight A’s during fall and winter quarters. We’d then get ticket application awards that let us choose 3 out of 8 (usually weeknight) games, to which we’d each get 2 free tickets. We’d take turns inviting a friend and meet my dad at the Varsity downtown before heading over to watch guys like Hank Aaron, Phil Neikro, Jerry Royster and Dale Murphy.

Even though the Braves were not good then they always had a few special players that were worth cheering for. And I loved the fireworks shows and Chief NOC-a-Homa doing his war dance on the pitchers mound. Great memories from another era.

My dad’s company also had 2 sets of Falcons season tickets they gave to customers but occasionally we would get to go and enjoy seeing Tommy Nobis, John Zook, Haskell Stanback and Steve Bartkowski play. Falcons had a big OT from Kentucky Warren Bryant who would get flagged for holding all the time.

donniem

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/675798#Comment_675798

While coaching cross country at UWG I had the opportunity to raise $ for our program by taking students out to Fulton Co. stadium and sell "refreshments". It was a hoot and I got to see a ton of games, including world series games while I "monitored" my workers. This was in the early 90's. I was there the night Crime Dog debuted and the fire took place. My least fond memory was finishing our sales and leaving early (it was an hour or so drive back to Carrollton) and having to listen to Sid Bream slide home with his winning run in that epic game on the radio.